My homework from Jo is to make a book that we read to him each night with object cues representing the activities of the day. I'll let you know when that's done.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Communication Board
We had a visit yesterday from Jo, Gus' vision specialist. Her genius for communicating with kids with vision difficulties is amazing. I showed her the board we made last week and she modified it. The side with all of the 'visual cues' are some of the options we give Gus and would like him to choose from. She put two tabs of Velcro on the other side so that the choice is simplified. We take two options, place them on the other side and Gus chooses one. We are having him look at the one he wants and then touch it. Some days he refuses to look...other days, he refuses to touch...and then other days are fantastic and he does exactly what he needs to do. So, here's the modified version of the board. We'll be changing it as he gets faster and better at letting us know what he wants.
My homework from Jo is to make a book that we read to him each night with object cues representing the activities of the day. I'll let you know when that's done.
My homework from Jo is to make a book that we read to him each night with object cues representing the activities of the day. I'll let you know when that's done.
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I love to read your updates. It's very exciting to hear of the improvements. these are really big compared to when we were last there.
ReplyDeleteLove you guys dearly. big hugs to all of you,
Adrienne (& Paul)
Thanks Adrienne. We send many hugs to you. We love you.
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